Thursday, November 20, 2014

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Under the rock

Obeid, McDonald to be charged from ICAC investigation. Their conduct is a thread leading to the heart of the ALP. Former Premier of NSW Nathan Rees has referred to the conduct of the duo as having led to serious damage of the body politic in NSW, but Rees diminishes that by referring to Liberal Party people who got caught in faux corruption charges. ALP Leader in NSW Robertson also pats himself on the back pointing out the duo have been dumped by the ALP. But the corruption of the duo was kindled inside the ALP, not the Liberal Party, and does not end with the duo. In fact, both Rees and Robertson have yet to answer for their part in fostering the corruption surrounding the duo, some of which does not include the duo. A minister, ALP who was a pedophile is in jail, but the whistleblower that outed him was shabbily treated. The ALP went through many leaders, and the wheels stopped after Robertson had been let in by Obeid. There is no exemplar conduct of the ALP suggesting they have reformed or cleaned up corruption. Protecting the ALP from criticism is the job of the biased ABC. And for the public broadcaster, their conduct is corrupt, as their charter does not cover the activity. To call the ABC merely biased, which is evident, is to deny what is also apparent, that the ABC has a depraved indifference to victims of ALP corruption. They have a narrative markedly different from reality and they rely on support from their media stablemates to maintain the narrative. Which is why ALP corruption going back decades and involving drugs, murder and pedophilia has not been prosecuted. They laud the corrupt and incompetent. But as to the incompetent, while there is much evidence they were in fact corrupt, there is no reason to assume they were merely inept. But if the ABC wish to show they are inept and not corrupt, they should provide the evidence. Media Watch hasn't. Also under the rock is the bigot comic Leunig. The equivocation of the ABC that there is fighting on both sides in Palestine ignores the truth that terrorism is being committed by the so called Palestinians and that Israel is acting with extraordinary discipline in the face of that terrorism. Leunig has labelled Israel as Nazis in his comics. That is propaganda Goebels might have been proud of. But in his defence, Leunig wonders why his anti semitism is being pointed to at all. It is because it is a character flaw that is unbecoming in a successful comic and unacceptable in the public domain unchallenged. It should fall foul of 18c, only that law is selectively used, and leftist bigots are protected. Also under the rock is the Human Rights Council who have endorsed people smugglers drowning asylum seekers as preferable to an orderly immigration scheme. HRC have endangered aboriginal children by championing a dangerous myth of a stolen generation. HRC champion the bad law of 18c and they pay money to leftists, whom they laud, not conservatives, whom they ignore or oppose. All of the above will focus on idiots or inflated shortcomings of conservatives. It is the case conservatives get it wrong sometimes. Lambie is not a conservative, and she has a strong pro ALP voting record. But the above will attempt to hold conservatives to account for Lambie's actions. So now, we will give advice to Mr Abbott regarding popularity and getting things done. Don't worry mate. Just keep doing your best and voters will reward you.

from 2013

The well remunerated ABC are aiming for a diplomatic incident between Australia and Indonesia. They hope that people will drown, and they blame Abbott for Rudd's indiscretions. But not all Rudd's indiscretions. There is the matter of Rudd's attempted assassination of the top leaders of Timor in '08. No media reports about that because it doesn't reflect badly on Abbott. Nothing that has been trumped up between Australia and Indonesia reflects badly on Abbott, but Indonesia is gearing up for election and media are allowing grandstanders to capture the public eye at the expense of good government. It is illustrative of what the media do in Australia too, which is why the Liberal Government in Victoria is struggling. Certainly the ALP offer nothing beyond corruption for Victorians, but the media would have you believe Victorians hunger for bad government. Zero Tolerance works to stop violence. Police need this scope to address drunken violence which has claimed lives recently. Good government would act to implement it. Mr O'Farrell, will you act on this? ALP leaders may not have integrity, but they have conviction that they are right. That kind of hubris can't be healthy, and evidently isn't. Still, it allowed a bad marriage between the ALP and Greens. But like all bad marriages, there is now a dispute over how to divide the innocent ones. The wisdom of Solomon assumes a good parent. Neither fits that description. They kill asylum seekers just to appear compassionate. Is there hope for ALP leader Shorten? Bolt thought so for a few moments, but no. Shorten has all the ability of a Nathan Reese who has stepped down as ALP shadow minister in NSW after caught having an extra marital affair with a constituent. I still won't contact Zangari, who is my local member. But I know Zangari won't help me because he says so. A special shout out to Pope Francis. I'm not Catholic, but approve of his message and actions. Not all conservatives agree on everything. That is something that lefties do, and it results in group think. which results in things like the Obama Presidency and NSW ALP corruption. Francis is right to point to what unites his flock, not dwell on what divides it. But then Francis is not paid to lie and mislead as the ABC is. Also, many applause from me to the Executive Council of Australia Jewry who made a media release on the Armenian Genocide issue. I agree with the executive council on each point. Free speech means that idiot is allowed to say what he allegedly thinks. It also means I am free to show how stupid such 'thoughts' are. To suggest the killing of a million people over years was not something a government is responsible for is no different to voting for a person who has a particular skin colour. It is bigoted and inexcusable. It is irresponsible and natural justice suggests that it be addressed and redressed. I note it is not technically feasible to raise the dead or take back torture, so monetary compensation is part of what must happen. Also, those who have held up the process of natural justice should face jail.===

Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - edLorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.

I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.
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Happy birthday and many happy returns Daniel Nguyen. Born on the same day, across the years, along with

1979 – Grand Mosque Seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.

1980 – Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.

I have mentioned Michael Leunig 18 times in print in five years, often because of his viciously anti-Israel cartoons.
But it doesn’t take much for some people to imagine their enemies are supersized and obsessive:

Palestinian jihadists in Israel have recently murdered
four rabbis, killed a policeman, stabbed two Israelis to death, killed a
baby and three other people by driving cars into crowds, and shot and
stabbed others. Yet Lateline last night portrayed this surge in jihadist attacks as actually a two-way battle - as “violence between Jews and Palestinians”:

TONY JONES, PRESENTER: The Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the recent upsurge in violence
between Jews and Palestinians a “battle for Jerusalem”.

The short report focuses on Israeli reprisals, and does not mention Hamas and Palestinian Authority incitements.

ABC cuts:

On ABC Radio National Breakfast Fran Kelly and Paul Bongiorno
categorically brand the cuts to the ABC as a broken promise. No ABC
staffer or regular commentator notes that Abbott, yes, spoke far too
loosely on SBS on election eve but that he referred to what Joe Hockey
had said on the ABC itself.
Abbott:

I trust everyone actually listened to what Joe Hockey has said last week
and again this week. No cuts to education, no cuts to health, no change
to pensions, no change to the GST and no cuts to the ABC or SBS.

TONY JONES: is the ABC immune from cuts? …
JOE HOCKEY: I’d just say to you is there any waste in the ABC at all, Tony? /// Well, if there is waste, we will cut it.

Yes, conservative Janet Albrechtsen is later brought on to defend the
cuts, but as a voice from “outside”. Where are the ABC voices to defend
the cuts and the attempts to rein in ABC bias?

Bob Ellis:

Bob Ellis, the former Labor speechwriter, has become vile in his
apparent desperation for attention. For instance, after the beheading of
US journalist James Foley, he sneered:
“Beheadings occur routinely in Game of Thrones. And no complaint has
been laid. Why then all the fuss?” Some of Ellis’s abuse of Abbott and
his family is so vile it cannot be repeated. He has defended Saddam Hussein and called murderous jihadists “honourable men”. His abuse is contemptible,
and includes calling Paul Kelly a “c..t”. Yet no Leftist is too vile
for the ABC to embrace them. Ellis is the honoured and promoted guest of
Life Matters today, which hails his wisdom.

Israel:

Daniel Eisenbud, Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post, Monday:

AMID an onslaught of unfounded claims in the Palestinian
media Monday that an Arab bus driver was murdered by Jewish settlers
Sunday night in Jerusalem, an autopsy report concluded the driver’s
death was self-inflicted, resulting from hanging himself inside the
vehicle ... the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, Wafa, said
in several dispatches that “settlers” had “executed” ­Ramuni by
hanging. ... the PA Foreign Ministry held Prime Minister ­Benjamin
Netanyahu “personally” responsible for the “assassination” of the bus
driver ... PLO spokeswoman Hanan Ashrawi ... claimed that ­Ramuni had
been tortured before being hanged to death. However, she did not back up
her charge with any evidence. ... Hamas joined the chorus of charges
... and called on ­Palestinians to “rise up against this ugly racist
crime.”

Staff, Jerusalem Post, Tuesday:

THE Arab doctor (at the autopsy, Dr Saber Al-Aloul) operated freely and
consented to the findings (police said). “During the autopsy, there was
consensus on the various findings and their significance, and there was
no suspicion that the death was caused by another man,” (police said).

FRAN Kelly: Hamas is calling for the continuation of ... what they
describe as revenge operations, this one, apparently in revenge for the
hanging of a man ... a Palestinian bus driver who was hanged ... near
this area.

TONY JONES: Now Malcolm Turnbull says there’s been
no broken promise on ABC and SBS funding because both he and the
Treasurer warned time and time again in the leadup to the election that
the public broadcasters would not be exempt from efforts to eliminate
waste and inefficiencies. It’s true those warnings were given, isn’t it?
JASON CLARE: Look, I don’t think that passes the pub test…
TONY JONES: But it passes the truth test, does it, but not the pub test?
JASON CLARE: Well, what he’s effectively saying ... is that Tony Abbott
didn’t break a promise because even though Tony Abbott said there’d be
no cuts to the ABC, what he really meant was that there’ll be no cuts
over and above the cuts that I said there’d be to the ABC ... People
know the Prime Minister promised the night before the election that
there’d be no cuts to the ABC…
TONY JONES: I’ll just go back to take up Malcolm Turnbull’s point. Joe
Hockey, in the same Q&A program, sitting next to in me in fact,
answering a questioner as to whether the ABC’s funding would be cut,
said, essentially, he couldn’t rule out changes due to waste and
inefficiencies. And Malcolm Turnbull says he’s gone through this process
now methodically. He’s appointed a review of waste and inefficiency,
effectively. Now he’s acting on that.

Absolutely pathetic. So juvenile, so feral -
yet these screeching, squabbling and backbiting attention-junkies,
with Labor and the Greens, are deciding which reforms to our finances
may pass and which, more often, are blocked:

CLIVE PALMER, PUP LEADER: Oh, well, it’s a very, very
sad situation for Jacqui. She’s been removed as Deputy Leader and
Deputy Whip of our party and she’s been suspended from attending further
parliamentary party meetings until she can get her life back together.
JACQUI LAMBIE: I understand that he’s under pressure because of bad
political decisions and legal action that’s been taken against him.
However, that doesn’t give him the right to spread hurtful rumours about
me in an effort to intimidate.
[REPORTER]: That earned another comeback from Mr Palmer, who issued a
press release accusing Senator Lambie of “lying to the Senate” and
“planning to set up an alternate political party.”

UPDATE
The Abbott Government’s job just got a whole lot harder, not least
because Lambie is saying she’ll vote against everything until the
Government doubles it pay increase to the defence forces. The Government
cannot now make deals with Clive Palmer that win it four of the six
Senate votes it needs to overcome a Labor/Greens Senate bloc.
Rosie Lewis:

JACQUI Lambie will consider her political future at the weekend after an
attack in parliament yesterday against Clive Palmer, saying he was
trying to “intimidate” her because of his poor political decisions and
legal battles…
In a further sign of dysfunction within the PUP, Mr Palmer said Senator
Lambie needed to “see a doctor” and was talking “fantasy”.
“She needs to go and see a doctor as soon as she can because I think her behaviour is irrational,” Mr Palmer said…
Early yesterday, PUP senator Zhenya Wang ... asked Senator Lambie for
“written agreement” to the party’s ultimatums, but the Tasmanian PUP has
refused and is seeking legal advice about the letter and party’s
personal attacks.
She will discuss her future in Tasmania at the weekend, asking her
family, friends and electorate what action they believe she should take.

Hysterics aside, Government insiders fear Jacqui
Lambie has struck a chord on defence force pay. She has Clive Palmer by
the short and curlies, probably Abbott too now. She should accept the
offer of help from crossbenchers Bob Day and David Leyonhjelm. Day says
while her tactics are awry, her strategy is right, so if they can tutor
her in the sweet art of compromise, everybody, except Palmer, could
benefit.

Who’s running this ramshackle show we call the Australian Senate?
Is it the PUPs as we had thought or is it the COCS [coalition of common
sense], who have just insinuated themselves into its arcane workings?

(T)he answer will take some time to emerge…
Lambie’s tenure as a PUP member looks to be over already… PUP’s clout
has taken a hit. It may regroup but it is already damaged and unlikely
to regain its intimidatory strength. In all likelihood, it will now
represent just three votes at best: Glenn Lazarus and Zhenya “Dio” Wang,
as formal PUP members and Muir, if he decides to stay close. But even
then, his departure on [financial advice reforms, reversing his vote,]
has made a repeat more likely on other issues. For him, that’s where the
power lies.
Ms Lambie is more of a loose cannon. Her vote is now anyone’s guess.
For the government this might mean some bills are easier to get through,
but it will probably find itself ceding ground on multiple fronts
simultaneously as it horse-trades on a bill-by-bill basis.
While its GP co-payment and higher education changes were already
blocked, the partial re-atomisation of Senate crossbench numbers
presents an opportunity, if a diabolical one.

The danger is that whatever the Government does get through is so highly
compromised - and comes with so many trade-offs - that the country
suffers.
(Thanks to reader Peter of Bellevue Hill.)

THE Abbott Government must change or die. Newspoll now shows it trailing Labor by a disastrous 45 per cent to 55.

Other polls are tighter, but all agree — the Government has been behind for months. And it’s excuses are running thin.
The Government argues the polls flatter Labor. Come the election, voters
will reject an Opposition that won’t turn back boats, cut spending or
axe its planned carbon tax.
True, but Labor could change.
The Government argues it’s making hard decisions now to fix the Budget and has two years left to make voters feel better.
Yes, but the Budget keeps blowing out and more pain must come.
So here’s what needs fixing.
(Read full article here.)

FOR a taxpayer-funded organisation that’s all about ‘‘diversity’’, the
Human Rights Commission certainly has a funny way of showing it.
Just look at the finalists for their Human Rights “Media” Awards, announced last week.
The short-listed television, radio, print and online nominees appear to
be more a list of the Commission’s like-minded and government-supported
mates, than a cross-section of the best of Australian journalism on
issues like refugees or the plight of Aboriginal Australians.
Of the 12 “Media’’ Awards finalists, eight had their work published or
broadcast by a taxpayer-funded or subsidised organisation.
Three of the short-listed programs were broadcast by the ABC… A further
three were broadcast by the SBS and National indigenous Television…
Noongar Radio and the Griffith Review, which receive some government
support, achieved one nomination each.
Just two commercial media outlets made the finals, the Fairfax-owned The
Age and the now defunct The Global Mail. Notably, The Global Mail was
funded by entrepreneur Graeme Wood, who helped bankroll the left-leaning
online publication The Guardian. Mr Wood also provided the Greens with
$1.6 million in funding for their 2010 federal election campaign.
This is hardly a diverse bunch of finalists. But let’s give the Human
Rights Commission the benefit of the doubt… Maybe journalists like
Andrew Bolt, Chris Kenny or Miranda Devine weren’t nominated for their
work reminding politicians, policymakers and the public that strong
border protection policies stop people drowning at sea, or that the
reason asylum seekers ended up in detention centres like Manus Island
was because of the failed policies of Labor and the Greens.
And maybe the journalists and opinion makers at The Australian weren’t
nominated for their relentless work highlighting the endemic issues in
Aboriginal communities, and suggesting solutions for problems which
decades of policymakers have failed to solve…
[But] the lopsided list of media finalists should encourage the Human
Rights Commission to reflect on its charter that recognises “the
inherent value of each person, regardless of background, where we live,
what we look like, what we think or what we believe”.

I like Tony Abbott.
Indeed, in many ways I admire him. He is warm, kind, selfless,
thoughtful, modest and introspective. I also think his Government means
well and has done many good things.
That I criticise him and his Government’s performance in no way reflects some disenchantment or dislike of Abbott.
It comes more from a frustration that the Government isn’t doing as well
in the polls as it deserves and that it cannot do as much good as it
intends.
And there is this: I am often asked by people who don’t like the Abbott
they see on TV what he’s really like, and always I respond that if they
knew the real man as I do they would change their minds.
The very opposite was true of Kevin Rudd.
Niki Savva suggests many other Abbott supporters feel the same:

Those who know Abbott have trouble reconciling the
public with the private persona. Some leaders come alive in front of
cameras. Abbott shrinks. He looks awkward, his speech is stilted and he
slips too easily into slogans or inappropriate rhetoric.
His narrow opening remarks to the G20 leaders retreat were embarrassing.
Inside the privacy of the meetings, participants were taken by his
warmth and sure handling of proceedings.

Cairns-based Travis Bain made Throwback with just $4000 of his own money. He tells me:

“Throwback” was shot for a ludicrously low budget of only $4000 yet it
has racked up ten international film festival screenings (plus numerous
awards), and is set to be released on DVD across Australia, the UK, the
US and New Zealand in 2015. The movie harks back to classic “creature
features” and adventure serials and guest-stars Vernon Wells from “Mad
Max 2” and “Commando.” I financed the movie myself - not a dollar of
taxpayers’ money from any of the film funding bodies was spent on it!
I know it sounds impossible to make a feature film with such a tiny
amount of money, but it can be done. None of the actors got paid, except
for Vernon Wells, but he was happy to accept a nominal amount. I was
the entire crew, with some help from my lead actor and his 13-year-old
son. I shot the movie on a 2007 Canon camcorder and edited it on my home
computer. The fake blood we used was chocolate syrup and red food
colouring. And the beautiful Far North QLD locations we used helped add
to the production value. By begging and borrowing and calling in a lot
of favours, we got it done.

I’ve only seen the trailer, which has a great look. But people who have seen the movie seem to rate it:

Throwback has ... won awards including Best
Foreign Feature (at the Famous Monsters Film Festival, California) and
Best Feature (at the Tri-Cities International Fantastic Film Festival,
Washington state.

Because get-up-and-go and can-do appeal to me (even if horror doesn’t), here’s the spiel:

Throwback is about two treasure hunters, a female park ranger and an
unhinged ex-cop who encounter a Yowie, Australia’s answer to Bigfoot, in
the jungles of northern Australia.
Starring Shawn Brack, Anthony Ring, Melanie Serafin and Vernon Wells...,
the award-winning 90-minute feature will screen at Melbourne’s Cinema
Nova on Sunday 30th November at 1pm, followed by a Q&A with the
filmmakers. [Tickets here.]
Now in its fourth year, Monster Fest is Melbourne’s premier celebration
of independent genre cinema, dedicated to bringing the latest cult and
horror cinema from around the world to Australian screens.

AFTER the G20 summit we must ask: does any country have journalists this obsessed with the warming faith?

Take the following figures from the press conferences on Sunday with
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, US President Barack Obama and British Prime
Minister David Cameron.

QUESTIONS Australian journalists asked about global warming: five out of 11.
QUESTIONS non-Australian journalists asked about global warming: two out of 23.

Conclusion: Australian journalists were five times more likely to ask a
political leader about global warming. Forget creating jobs, increasing
trade or spreading democracy.
It was a similar story at yesterday’s press conference with Abbott and French President Francois Hollande.
(Read full article here.)

It is with our bleeding hearts that we wish the families of the horrific terror attack in Jerusalem yesterday a long life. A long life, filled with the warm memories of these wonderful people who were taken by such a heinous, cowardly attack.

Not disagreeing with the article. I was entranced by a recent documentary which suggested it was an accident by a secret service agent which completed the assassination. LHO having shot kennedy through the throat with a full metal jacket .. an agent for the Secret Service looked to return fire, picked up a loaded rifle ready to fire, undid the safety, and discharged a dum-dum bullet which blew out JFK's brain. After the accident, the brain was hidden .. so LHO did it on his own, but had accidental help. If that got out, the Dem position of victimhood would be destroyed. - ed

Morning

Our days are few, and are far better spent in doing good, than in disputing over matters which are, at best, of minor importance. The old schoolmen did a world of mischief by their incessant discussion of subjects of no practical importance; and our Churches suffer much from petty wars over abstruse points and unimportant questions. After everything has been said that can be said, neither party is any the wiser, and therefore the discussion no more promotes knowledge than love, and it is foolish to sow in so barren a field. Questions upon points wherein Scripture is silent; upon mysteries which belong to God alone; upon prophecies of doubtful interpretation; and upon mere modes of observing human ceremonials, are all foolish, and wise men avoid them. Our business is neither to ask nor answer foolish questions, but to avoid them altogether; and if we observe the apostle's precept (Titus 3:8) to be careful to maintain good works, we shall find ourselves far too much occupied with profitable business to take much interest in unworthy, contentious, and needless strivings.

There are, however, some questions which are the reverse of foolish, which we must not avoid, but fairly and honestly meet, such as these: Do I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? Am I renewed in the spirit of my mind? Am I walking not after the flesh, but after the Spirit? Am I growing in grace? Does my conversation adorn the doctrine of God my Saviour? Am I looking for the coming of the Lord, and watching as a servant should do who expects his master? What more can I do for Jesus? Such enquiries as these urgently demand our attention; and if we have been at all given to cavilling, let us now turn our critical abilities to a service so much more profitable. Let us be peace-makers, and endeavour to lead others both by our precept and example, to "avoid foolish questions."

Evening

In Job's uttermost extremity he cried after the Lord. The longing desire of an afflicted child of God is once more to see his Father's face. His first prayer is not "O that I might be healed of the disease which now festers in every part of my body!" nor even "O that I might see my children restored from the jaws of the grave, and my property once more brought from the hand of the spoiler!" but the first and uppermost cry is, "O that I knew where I might find Him, who is my God! that I might come even to his seat!" God's children run home when the storm comes on. It is the heaven-born instinct of a gracious soul to seek shelter from all ills beneath the wings of Jehovah. "He that hath made his refuge God," might serve as the title of a true believer. A hypocrite, when afflicted by God, resents the infliction, and, like a slave, would run from the Master who has scourged him; but not so the true heir of heaven, he kisses the hand which smote him, and seeks shelter from the rod in the bosom of the God who frowned upon him. Job's desire to commune with God was intensified by the failure of all other sources of consolation. The patriarch turned away from his sorry friends, and looked up to the celestial throne, just as a traveller turns from his empty skin bottle, and betakes himself with all speed to the well. He bids farewell to earth-born hopes, and cries, "O that I knew where I might find my God!" Nothing teaches us so much the preciousness of the Creator, as when we learn the emptiness of all besides. Turning away with bitter scorn from earth's hives, where we find no honey, but many sharp stings, we rejoice in him whose faithful word is sweeter than honey or the honeycomb. In every trouble we should first seek to realize God's presence with us. Only let us enjoy his smile, and we can bear our daily cross with a willing heart for his dear sake.

Today's Old Testament reading: Ezekiel 11-13

God’s Sure Judgment on Jerusalem

1 Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. There at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men, and I saw among them Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. 2 The LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who are plotting evil and giving wicked advice in this city.3 They say, ‘Haven’t our houses been recently rebuilt? This city is a pot, and we are the meat in it.’ 4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, son of man.”

5 Then the Spirit of the LORD came on me, and he told me to say: “This is what the LORD says: That is what you are saying, you leaders in Israel, but I know what is going through your mind. 6 You have killed many people in this city and filled its streets with the dead....

Today's New Testament reading: James 1

1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:

Greetings.

Trials and Temptations

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do....

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I'm author of History in a Year by the Conservative Voice aka History of the World in a Year by the Conservative Voice.

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